Job Description

Sponsor liaison, project assessment and initiation, resource procurement and planning, project implementation, leading and motivating a cross-functional team, milestone planning and tracking, ensuring that projects are progressing according to contract and quality standards, SOPs, ICH-GCP and/or other guidelines to fulfill local regulations, production of key project progress reports, management of communication between project team, Sponsor, contract and financial management.

Primary Role:

• Manage international projects. May be part of a global project management team.

• Participate in proposal development teams, giving input to particular indication and operational structure for the proposal.

• Organize a meeting with Account Management/PDG to understand the scope of the contract and any Master Services agreement in place for the Sponsor.

• Review the project contract exhibit and send it for information to the Functions involved in the project or make sure that the Functions have received it from another source and request resources from appropriate functional heads.

• Develop a project plan, including all elements listed in the project plan template as appropriate for the project (Roles and Responsibilities, WBS, Communication Plan, Risk Analysis, Contingency plan etc).

• Ensure the communication to team members of the scope of work, timeline and project goals, technical information, and input from Sponsor throughout the project.

• Ensure the communication to the Sponsor of timeline and project progress, the results of risk analyses, contingency plans, technical information, and input from team throughout the project. Also, any significant changes in resourcing, scope of work and timelines.

• Inform team members of any new information or modification of project-related issues that may affect specific responsibilities of team members.

Company Profile

ELS success is built around passionate and experienced individuals working alongside our clients to accelerate clinical research and delivery of new drugs and medical devices to the markets, while maintaining the highest standards of quality. We are also committed to improving and expanding the clinical research enterprise in India , evident through our presentations at conferences, peer-reviewed publications, and continuing relationships with academic institutions.

ELS in brief:
• ELS is a U.S.-based Delaware Corporation with a fully owned Indian subsidiary focused exclusively on clinical research
• ELS operates at 16 operational locations across India and maintains U.S. offices in Boston , Chicago , Raleigh/Durham & Washington, DC
• The ELS clinical operations team is one of the most experienced and respected in India with over 125 years of collective experience in conducting more than 225 global and domestic trials at hundreds of sites and with thousands of patients
ELS has trained over 1,000 clinical research personnel in India
The ELS executive team has spoken at an estimated 150 conferences and has published more than 50 articles or chapters in industry trade journals, magazines and books.